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It appears to me that the child was continuously supervised during the 30-ft walk to and from the car. Too crazy to comment on.

5 posted on 03/12/2008 2:10:16 PM PDT by DallasDeb ((a.k.a. USAFA2006Mom!))

It appears to me that the child was continuously supervised during the 30-ft walk to and from the car.

Neither you nor I was there.

6 posted on 03/12/2008 2:12:33 PM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)

To: DallasDeb; #1CTYankee

It appears to me that the child was continuously supervised during the 30-ft walk to and from the car

Exactly. My house is wider than that - and I have a small 1,000 sq ft house.

That is NOT abandonment -

#1CTYankee posted:

You are not allowed to abandon a child in an automobile. When you start negotiating haow many feet away you can be, how much time you can spend, etc. it becomes meaningless.

By #1CTYankee's criteria, you would need to have your children on a leash or carry them in a backpack until they're school age... to be safe from arrest...because, otherwise, the distance to constitute 'abandonment' is totally the prerogative of the officer on scene. That would be a scary premise...

8 posted on 03/12/2008 2:20:47 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)

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